Pre-Conception & Fertility Support

There's a long road some families walk before a positive test ever arrives. Whether you're just thinking about having a baby, actively planning, or in the thick of trying to conceive, you deserve someone in your corner who gets it—who understands the hope, the grief, the complexity, and the joy of this journey.

I'm here to walk that road with you.

Let's Work together

Supportive Care in the Gaps

Before pregnancy, care is scattered. Your clinic handles the medical protocols and tests. Your OB handles the annual check-up. Your therapist, if you have one, handles what you bring in that week. But a lot of what you're actually experiencing falls in the gaps between those moments of quantifiable care. I am here to help fill in those gaps so you, your partner(s) and your nervous system don’t fall through. 

Pre-conception is a liminal space. You're not pregnant yet, or maybe you just got a positive test and they say “see you in 8 weeks.”  You might be tracking cycles on your own, choosing a donor, waiting on a portal message, or deciding whether to try again. Or maybe you have experienced losses and the world around you didn’t know. Each of these is a milestone. Too many of them are milestones without support: a  stressful moment in a hallway after a scan, a phone call at work with no one to talk to, a two-week wait spent alone or in silence.

I'm here so fewer of these moments feel solitary or confusing.

What does this kind of care look like?

It’s a little confusing what a doula does, especially in the preconception period, but all doulas offer support and guidance in the same pillars regardless of where in the parenting journey you are. This isn’t medical care (I’m not a doctor), but I am trained to offer the kind of presence and knowledge that makes this path less lonely and more grounded.

I work with all families, including queer couples, trans individuals, single parents by choice, and anyone whose path to parenthood is non-traditional. Your family matters. Your journey matters. You deserve support that honors both.

Whole-Person Support

  • Evidence-based conversations that deal with your specific challenges: stress, sleep, nutrition, environmental, and lifestyle. We work together to analyze these factors and make incremental improvements with no promises. 

  • One person cannot do it all, so I help you connect to peer communities, specialists, and resources that fit your specific path.

Emotional 

  • One consistent person across this journey can make all the fear, hope, curiosity, insecurity and excitement easier to handle. There’s a lot to deal with: injections, scans, retrievals, inseminations, transfers. None of it is too small or too big for us to handle together. 

  • Cortisol levels can be poison to a pregnancy, so we work to find tools that actually fit you, like breathwork, grounding, and reframing negative thoughts, so you can stay present through the weeks of waiting that are a part of this process.

Helping you captain the ship

Triangulated care between your providers

As you flow down the river of this journey, you’ll have many folks joining you. You may have an RE, an OB/GYN, a therapist, an acupuncturist, an insurance case manager, and a sperm bank all handing you pieces of information. Fertility/preconception support complements the gaps and questions that arise between them: what each person said, what's still unanswered, what to ask next, and who to ask.  I don’t speak to your team for you; I'm working alongside you to ensure you feel empowered at all steps in the process. 

Filling out your team

Not everyone needs the same care team. I'll help you see what's missing and connect you with more resources: affirming fertility-informed therapists, pelvic floor PT, nutrition support, acupuncture, family-building attorneys for donor conception and second-parent adoption, and peer communities across NYC.

Adding fierceness, and offering tenderness when you need it

Fierceness in preconception comes in the planning: preparing questions before appointments, making sure your informed consent is real, not rushed, and making sure you aren’t holding your full-self back when interacting with an intimidating system. Tender moments are for the in-betweens: one consistent person who knows your history, through the hope, the surprises, the results call, and whatever comes after.

  • Organizing medication schedules, cycle calendars, and appointments

  • Comfort and grounding tools for injections, scans, retrievals, and transfers

  • Support for partners, co-parents, family and known donors, so the people around you know how to show up.

Informational, Advocacy & Practical

  • Plain-language breakdowns of procedures, medications, and terminology, so go into appointments knowing what’s being proposed and why.

  • We can work together before, during and after appointments, so you can bring your full-self and knowledge with confidence.

  • Company at the appointments that matter, or that intimidate you, the most. I’m there to help you understand what’s happening and make sure you’re heard. I’m not there to speak for you.

  • Help with the logistics: medication schedules, reminders, and setting up your home so recovery after a procedure is a little easier.

Interpersonal

  • Coaching for partners, co-parents, family, and known donors on how to show up emotionally and practically. Your whole support system can feel equipped instead of helpless, and on your side knowing it is your journey they are joining you on.

When to Reach Out

Today is the best time to reach out! I offer a FREE Meet-and-Greet call to get to know each other before any commitments are made. You don't need to be actively trying or have a fertility diagnosis. We start before conception, which means we have time to dream together, explore your options, and build your confidence for whatever comes next.

This offering is for you if you're:

Wanting a knowledgeable, affirming presence through your journey

Single or partnered and thinking about building your family through conception

Exploring fertility options and want an informed, affirming guide

Using assisted reproductive technologies (IUI, IVF, or other ART)

Navigating donor pathways, surrogacy, or reciprocal IVF

Experiencing infertility or trying to conceive for an extended time

Grieving miscarriage, loss, or the family you want feels out of reach

Queer, trans, gender-nonconforming, or a family that doesn't fit the traditional mold

Ways to Work Together…

Every package starts with a free consultation call. I'll listen first, then recommend what fits. You can start small and add more anytime. Narrow by design, with room to grow.

  • One 75-minute session to map out where you are, what's next, and what support you already have. You'll leave with a written summary and next steps.

    • Paid after the session

    • DOES NOT INCLUDE: open text access, resource or referrals, or follow-ups

  • Three months of steady support for when you're early in the process, between cycles, or trying on your own.

    • One 45-60 minute session per month, virtual or in person, scattered across the 3 months on your own schedule.

    • Texting with me between sessions for questions and in-the-moment support

    • Resource and referral matching

    • Paid in advance, in-full

  • Three months of closer support. Ideal for clients considering or currently in active IUI or IVF treatment OR those at a cross-roads where they are conflicted about next steps.

    • 45-60 minute sessions every other week (6 total)

    • Text check-ins available between sessions for questions and in-the-moment support

    • Resource and referral matching

    • Appointment prep and debriefs

    • Split into two payments

    • Extended support, 2 to 4 hours: $45 per hour. Can include appointment accompaniment and travel, home visits, or recovery support after a procedure